When you dress or dressyourself, you put on clothes. [V] ⇒ He told Sarah to wait while he dressed. [V pron-refl] ⇒ Sue had dressed herself neatly for work.

5. verb

If you dress someone, for example a child, you put clothes on them. [V n] ⇒ She bathed her and dressed her in clean clothes. → wear

6. verb

If someone dresses in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour. [V + in] ⇒ He dresses in a way that lets everyone know he's got authority. [Vin n] ⇒ She used to dress in jeans.

7. verb

If you dressfor something, you put on special clothes for it. [V + for] ⇒ We don't dress for dinner here.

8. verb

When someone dresses a wound, they clean it and cover it. [V n] ⇒ The poor child never cried or protested when I was dressing her wounds.

9. verb

If you dress a salad, you cover it with a mixture of oil, vinegar, and herbs or flavourings. [V n] ⇒ Scatter the tomato over, then dress the salad. [V-ed] ⇒ ...a bowl of dressed salad.

10. verb

To dressmeat, chicken, or fish means to prepare it for cooking by cleaning it and removing the parts that you cannot eat. [V n] ⇒ Her mother dressed the meat. [V-ed] ⇒ ...dressed crab.